It would be a shame to miss this chance, said Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Photo The German election weakened Chancellor Angela Merkel, who needed six months to come up with a...

Russia is also deeply engaged in local language media, both with Kremlin-owned websites like Sputnik and with bots that harp on local grievances. Mr. Bildt points in particular to Russian investment in critical Serbian infrastructure, like energy. Though Russian investment...

But if there is one thing that Italian voters, like those in numerous other European countries have made clear, it is that they are sick of the political parties and their leaders that have created a land of slow economic...

“I give great thanks to the government that now we have a chance to save these memories,” she said. After more than two years in power, the Law and Justice party and its leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, have reshaped the judicial...

Italy’s election “epitomizes everything, it is pure populism,” said Stephen K. Bannon, an architect of President Trump’s populist message who served as Mr. Trump’s chief strategist until he was forced out in August. Mr. Bannon is in Italy as part...